John Marston Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 why have overseas audiences suddenly taken to this franchise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 why have overseas audiences suddenly taken to this franchise?I dont get it either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpse Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Japan Resident Evil 4 Opening Weekend: ¥698 million ($8.2 million), Fri-Sun: ¥899 million ($10.6 million) Resident Evil 5 Opening Weekend: ¥640 million ($8.1 million), Fri-Sun: ¥810 million ($10.3 million)* *estimate Resident Evil 4 grossed ¥4.7 billion ($56.8 million), so it's looks likely Resident Evil 5 will clear ¥4 billion ($50 million) and probably outgross it's NA total this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 How many Hollywood films have grossed more in Japan than in NA? I think The Last Samurai was one..... are there any others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Japan Resident Evil 4 Opening Weekend: ¥698 million ($8.2 million), Fri-Sun: ¥899 million ($10.6 million) Resident Evil 5 Opening Weekend: ¥640 million ($8.1 million), Fri-Sun: ¥810 million ($10.3 million)* *estimate Resident Evil 4 grossed ¥4.7 billion ($56.8 million), so it's looks likely Resident Evil 5 will clear ¥4 billion ($50 million) and probably outgross it's NA total this year. RE5 will gross more than TASM,TDKR and TA?? Strange country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 RE5 will gross more than TASM,TDKR and TA??Strange countrySony is Japanese and the RE games are Japanese. So no big surprise really ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Okey... Still.. Double the gross of TDKR?Strange country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tower Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Sony is Japanese and the RE games are Japanese. So no big surprise really ...True, but the franchise did not start this popular, it has been gaining in popularity over time:RE1: 17.5MRE2: 23.6MRE3: 24.6MRE4: 55.1M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 True, but the franchise did not start this popular, it has been gaining in popularity over time:RE1: 17.5MRE2: 23.6MRE3: 24.6MRE4: 55.1MWell, that's good news I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 True, but the franchise did not start this popular, it has been gaining in popularity over time:RE1: 17.5MRE2: 23.6MRE3: 24.6MRE4: 55.1MHow much of that is just down to the exchange rate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpse Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Yeah, you have to go by how much a film grossed in yen and admissions. Exchange rate messes things up for USD comparisons (especially on BOM since they don't update grosses for most films).However, every film has increased from the last in yen and admissions as well.RE1 - 2.3 billionRE2 - 2.7 billionRE3 - 2.85 billionRE4 - 4.70 billion (3D really boosted this one)RE5 will likely make over 4 billion, but beating RE4 will be really hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 How much of that is just down to the exchange rate?And 3D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Actual figure is $49.6M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Sony projected well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Resident Evil Retributions existence is another example of h ow much the overseas market matters these days for Hollywood films. Resident Evil 4 did mediocre numbers domestically but overseas was huge. So 5 was still made and even made more "Global" (At least according to the taglines) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Up to $69M OS now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Should be by Thu.So 100M will be done by Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toymaker Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Will it beat TE2 WW?I will say no. The $35m+ deficit domestically will hinder this so much. But I am interested to hear your views.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 I think it only has a very small chance (and a China release must happen in this case) to beat TE2 WW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Domestic: $33,468,000 24.5% + Foreign: $103,400,000 75.5% = Worldwide: $136,868,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
